This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. Summer is only just coming to a close, but this year’s top clean energy trendsetter is already clear. At the start of 2026, you may never have even heard of balcony solar. The panels have long been staples…

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. Glass half-empty or glass half-full? The classic question is now gripping the policy wonks who are trying to measure the damage President Donald Trump has inflicted on the U.S. energy transition — and to…

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. The U.S. depends on hydroelectric power — and ever-worsening drought is threatening its supply. The western half of the country has faced a water crisis for years, and things have only gotten more dire in…

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. The data center elections are officially upon us. Public frustration with data centers has been simmering, and in recent months it has become increasingly clear that the topic would reshape the 2026…

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. Ford’s first all-electric pickup truck didn’t exactly fly off the lot. The automaker is hoping a lower-cost model will fare better. On Thursday, the automaker rolled out a first look at its forthcoming…

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. In rural areas across the U.S., solar power opponents keep leaning on the argument that utility-scale arrays are gobbling up valuable farmland. But plenty of evidence proves that’s just not true, and now,…

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. It’s no secret that data centers are slated to bring stunning levels of new power demand to the grid in the coming years. Report after report has tried to put a number on just how much electricity these…

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. Pretty much every type of energy is getting more expensive in the U.S., but clean energy is still a better bet than fossil fuels. That’s the topline from investment bank Lazard’s latest annual report on…

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. Last week brought soaring temperatures to much of the U.S., forcing Americans to switch on their air conditioners — or, in many cases, flex their heat pumps’ cooling capabilities. And to cope with it all,…

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. One year ago, President Donald Trump got his Fourth-of-July wish. Republicans rammed a massive tax and spending bill through Congress before his preferred July 4 deadline, allowing Trump to sign it into law…

America’s EV industry has suffered a series of bad breaks over the last year and a half. The end of federal tax credits for electric vehicles sent sales of new EVs off a cliff last fall. A nationwide buildout of chargers has been slow to get rolling . And the Trump administration has been dismantling air pollution…

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. America’s war with Iran is maybe, possibly, headed for resolution, but its impact on the global energy sector isn’t fading anytime soon. The U.S. and Iran signed a deal on Wednesday to end their…

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. The major players in AI want energy far faster than utilities can provide it — and that’s prompting them to explore some alternative approaches to powering data centers, ranging from the conventional to the…

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. New York City has a lot to celebrate this week. The Knicks are in the finals, the Mets actually won a game, and the city is now a big step closer to meeting its clean energy targets. Tons of clean…

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. The 2026 election season is officially upon us, and with electricity prices on the rise, energy affordability is sure to factor into thousands of campaigns currently underway across the country. While…